Mycodiplosis (unidentified)
(Unidentified Rust Midges)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
UnidentifiedMycodiplosis (unidentified) (Unidentified Rust Midges)
GenusMycodiplosis (rust midges)
TribeCecidomyiini (a tribe of gall, rust and aphid midges)
SupertribeCecidomyiidi (a supertribe of gall, rust and aphid midges)
SubfamilyCECIDOMYIINAE (a subfamily of gall, rust and aphid midges)
FamilyCECIDOMYIIDAE (wood, gall, rust and aphid midges)
SuperfamilySCIAROIDEA (fungus gnats and gall midges)
InfraorderBibionomorpha (St Mark’s flies, fever flies)
SuborderNEMATOCERA (thread-horned flies, gnat)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Mycodiplosis (unidentified) (Unidentified Rust Midges) :
1: Mycodiplosis (unidentified) (Unidentified Rust Midges)
19 May 2008 OSGR: NR92 55° 30’ N, 5° 10’ W Vice County: Clyde Islands (VC 100) Scotland

Larvae on Puccinia sessilis aecia on Ramsons leaf

Image 1: Larvae on rust aecia - highly enlargedImage 2: Larvae on rust aecia - highly enlarged (2)Image 3: Larva - microscope prep - microscope low magnificationImage 4: Larva - microscope prep - microscope low magnification (2)Image 5: Larva - microscope prep - microscope low magnification (3)Image 6: Larva - microscope prep - microscope low magnification (4)Image 7: Larva - microscope prep - microscope low magnification (5)
2: Mycodiplosis (unidentified) (Unidentified Rust Midges)
22 Apr 2007 OSGR: SU83 51° 10’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
Larvae with aecia of Melampsora hypericorum on over-wintered leaves of Tutsan
Image 1: Egg and larva, and host aecium - close-up - magnifiedImage 2: Egg and larva, and host aecium - magnifiedImage 3: Egg and larva, and host aecium - magnified (2)Image 4: Larvae with host aecia on leaf under surface - enlargedImage 5: Larvae with host aecia on leaf under surface - enlarged - enlargedImage 6: Larva with host aecia - magnified
3: Mycodiplosis (unidentified) (Unidentified Rust Midges)
27 Jul 2002 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
among Rust on Nipplewort
Image 1: Larvae on Puccinia lapsanae on Lapsana communisImage 2: Larva on Puccinia lapsanae on Lapsana communis - magnified

Mycodiplosis (unidentified) (Unidentified Rust Midges) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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